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The MTI Broadway Junior Collection® Classic ShowKit™

It’s like Getting a Musical in a Box!
With the MTI ShowKit™ that comes with every MTI Broadway Junior Collection® show, there’s no way to fail! Even teachers with no theatrical training or experience can easily put on a successful production. All ShowKits™ contain helpful materials enabling you to make your musical the ultimate interdisciplinary teaching tool. We even include a Director’s Guide, a first-timer’s handbook about producing Broadway’s most beloved musicals, as well as an accompaniment CD to make rehearsals and performances a snap.
The MTI Broadway Junior Collection® ShowKit™ CAN INCLUDE: 30 Actor Scripts • 2 Rehearsal / Accompaniment CDs • 1 Piano/Vocal Score • 1 Director’s Guide • 1 Choreographic DVD • 30 Family Matters Books (Showkit contents can vary from show to show. Visit our website for show specific contents)

Classic ShowKit™ Description

Student Libretto/Vocal Books
• Special memory book with pages that include spaces for autographs, reviews and photos (Designed as a memento for the students)
• Complete script and vocal parts
• Pages of helpful hints on performing

Director’s Script
• Full script
• Background information on the show and suggestions for set design, costumes, props, lighting, casting, tips for using the accompaniment CD, and poster and program cover art
• Staging notes are included in margin of script throughout
• Calendar template and suggested rehearsal schedule
• Character descriptions, background information, and glossary
• Page numbers cross-referenced to student books
NOTE: No need to spend hours writing in cues in the margin of your script - it’s all there!

Performance/Accompaniment CDs
• Adapted from the original Broadway orchestrations and professionally produced
• Great keys for young singers
• Guide-vocal tracks allow students to “sing along” — learning the music is easy and fun

Production Handbook
• Guidelines for assembling a production team
• Detailed guide to audition and rehearsal processes
• Diagrams, designs, templates for theaters, seating charts, and cue sheets
• Marketing, publicity, and box office suggestions
• Suggestions for community involvement and production financing

Choreographic Video/DVD
• World-renowned choreographers show you everything you need to know to handle the dance portions of your show.

Family Matters Book
• Guides parents through the theatrical production process
• Provides positive ways parents can contribute to the success of the show, without stepping on teacher/director's toes
• Included in ShowKit™ for Disney’s ShowKit™s – other titles available to order in packs of 20.

Newly-designed ShowKit™

MTI and iTheatrics have redesigned the look, feel and content of the ShowKits to ensure they remain the absolute best educational musicals anywhere.One of the most exciting new elements is the fully re-concieved Director’s Guide, patterned after Broadway production show books. Features of the new Director’s Guide include: A three-ring binder allowing you to carry all of your production information in one place and expand and customise the binder to meet your production needs. The Actor’s Script section of the Guide features a full-sized script for easier viewing. Expanded resources in all production and curriculum aspects that reach three levels of directing experience: beginning, intermediate and advanced. A Media disk of resources including audition sides and editable forms including a fully editable program.

“The newly-designed ShowKit™ will make it even easier for students and teachers to stage their favorite musicals.”
Timothy Allen McDonald, Artistic Director (iTheatrics)

Newly-designed ShowKit™ Description

The NEW ShowKit™ includes:

ALL-New Director’s Guide.
• A three-ring binder allowing you to carry all of your production information in one place and expand and customize the binder to meet your production needs
• The Actor’s Script section of the Guide features a full-sized script for easier viewing
• Expanded resources in all production and curriculum areas that reach three levels of directing experience: beginning, intermediate and advanced
• A media disc of resources including audition sides and editable forms

30 Actor Scripts
• For all the actors to customize and keep

Two Rehearsal/Accompaniment CDs
• Adapted from the original Broadway orchestrations and professionally produced
• Great keys for young singers
• Guide-vocal tracks allow students to “sing along” — learning the music is easy and fun
• Fully orchestrated accompaniment-only tracks are excellent for live performances with good tempos and easy-to-follow cues

30 Family Matters Books
• Guides parents through the theatrical process
• Provides positive ways parents can contribute to the success of the show, without stepping on teacher/director's toes
• Great to send home with every student